He worked for the New Zealand Wildlife Service 1957-1987 on the management and conservation of threatened species and was awarded the Queens Service Medal (QSM) in 1984.
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They were saved from extinction by Don Merton and his Wildlife Service team, and by "Old Blue", the last remaining fertile female.